Sir Keir Starmer Dumps Newspapers

 Following a series of attack in newspapers Sir Keir Starmer cancelled an event yesterday at which newspaper journalists would be present. Instead there was a press conference with three journalists from television - Beth Rigby from Sky , Ben Wright from BBC , and Libby Wiener from ITV.

There was a tweet from a print journalist

However this may indicate a future when politicians prefer television where the regulation requires some balance. The regulation of newspapers is a matter for discussion.

The Sky version is on YouTube.

Some would say that Sky should continue to ask the first question. The BBC is seen by some as very close to #No10Sources .

Previously Sir Keir Starmer had written for the Sun. He made efforts to communicate with print journalists. Jeremy Corbyn never took the risk of excluding print journalists. Perhaps things have changed with social media.